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The Illinois supremo cburt - has
hold that the primary .law for that
state is unconstitutional. It was en
acted in 190 G.
, Secretary of State Bllhu Boot was
the recipient of the highest honors
by the Mexican government when he
reacho'd Mexico City.
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"A Sioux Falls, S. D., dispatch says I
"The reduction .ordered by the state
hoard of railroad commissioners in
' thoH passenger rate on the standard
guage railroads in South Dakota
from three to two and a half cents
per inilo, will not go into effect on
Ootobor 15, as originally contem
plated by tho "board. A number of
the leading railroads late this after
noon Instituted in action in tho
Tfnited States court of this. city and
secured an order for the railroad
commissioners' to show cause why a
Ilormanont injunction should not be
granted preventing them from plac
ing the two and one-half nnnh mtn
la effect- Tho order to show cause
Is returnable beforo Judge Carlan
October 29, at which time arguments
W.IU bo mad for and against the
granting of a permanent injunction.
Pending the hearing at that timo a
temporary restraining order was
granted by Judge Carlan. Among
the roads which have joined in the
injunction, proceedings 'are the Rock
Isfland, the Minneapolis, "St. Louis-,
the Milwaukee1, thfe Burlington,. the1
Northwestern and th-L Omaha.?'
A dispatch from Cairo, 111., car-
7,d by Ue Associated Press, says:
-Governor Curry of Now Mexico,
who spent last night on tho boat with
President Roosevelt, said today:
The. president authorized mo to say
that he is for statehood for New
Mexico alone and will do all ho can
to secure thw passage of a single
?Meh.op4 bill.' Tho governor added
that the: bill will be introduced and
crowded at the next session of congress."
- Former Sensor Carmack lias an
nounced that ho win h nni,juu.
if0.11 democratic nomination for
6ovtjuior ox. Tennessee.
' United -States Senator William B
Borah, was acquitted in the fedorai
, w" iuo.uu, oa me cnarge
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment out of valuable Idaho timber
lands. The verdict was greeted by
! The democratic convention at San
Franclscoxnommated' for mayor Dr
Edward 'Taylor, and, for .district
attornoy William H. Langdon; itltf
a hon-partisau tickets
' :.TA omeys general for several
of the state met in national con
vene at. St. Louis. This confer
ence; lamed, a memorial to congress
Pormnnent nrn-nnivnt
TTnitSf qpb Peal of
Mluwo' ae text of the
memorial to congress follows:
"Whereas, Tho efllcient administra
tion, as well as the preservation of
our dual system of government le
quiros that each sovereignty bo per
mitted to exorcise its functions as
doflnod by the federal constitution
unhampered by the othor: therefore
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"Resolved, By the convention of
attorneys general of the several
states here assembled, that wo earn
estly recommend to tho favorable
consideration of-the president and
the congress of tho United States
the enactment of a federal law pro
viding that no circuit court of the
United States and any judge exer
cising powers of such circuit courts
shall have jurisdiction in any case
brought to restrain any officers of
a state or any administration board
of a state from instituting in a state
court any suit or othor appropriate
proceeding to enforce the laws of
buuu mute, or to enrorco any order
made by such administrative board,
but allowing anv nerann nr rnrnnro.
tion asserting in any such action in
a state court any right arising under
the constitution or any laws of the
United States to have the- decision
of tho highest court of such state
reviewed by the supreme- court of
the United States as nnw nmHAii
by law.'
We also reenm-mnnri fKai- m.tfr.
federal circuit courts by persona in-
terestedjLhcorporationsr to restrain"
suclr corporations from obeying the
itiw ut Buiiea -m- wnicn- tiiey are do
ing business be prohibited."
Officers of tthe association' were
chosen, as follo.ws: ..
iPresIdentH. S. Hadley, of Mis
souri. t
Vice President Dan A. Malone,
of Massachusetts.
Secretary and Treasurer William
H. Dickson, of Colorado.
President Hadley appointed as the
committee to draft a scheme fnr
anti-trust legislation the follbwing
R. B. Davidson of Texas, James
Bingham of Indiana, Wade Ellis of
Ohio, F, S, Jackson of Ka'nsas, R. V
Fletcher of Mississippi and S. W
Clark of South Dakota.
PesHent Hadley also announced
that with two or three exceptions all
tho attorneys Eronnrnl Iti n, . i
had expressed a desire toparticipate
in future prpceedlngs of the associa
tion and in any course of action that
might be decided upon. '
Attorney General Malone of Mass
achusetts, addressing the convention
said in part: '
4 Massachusetts, so far as I can
ascertain, was the first -state to pre
vent by legislation the issuance of
capital stock by public service cbr
porations, unless the corporation re
ceived a full equivalent- In actual
tangible property for every; share Is
sued. The right to thus regulate
corporations must rest upon, amy gen
eral ground of the regulation of a
natural monopoly. By this, r do not
mean that legislation should be con
fined to the regulation of absolute
monopolies, but if the public service
performed by the corporation is of a
character which in its naturo is not
open to free competition, but is for
any reason restricted within a few
hands the service to that extent is
a monopoly and should be regulated
A commission, not the legisla
ture, is the proper authority Ho de
termine whtft amount of securities
shou d be authorized, anS care
should be taken that no fpiV of in
debtedness . should bo authbrirpd
without full value received, is in-
debtedness other than stock issues
may be more harmful than capital
stock, because upon debts Interest
must bo nald. and imnn nfnolr dlvf.'
donds hood not be paid unless they
aiu earned.
"I urge the passage of laws simi
lar to those of Massachusetts in oth
er states, not in a spirit of hostility
to capital and capitalists, but in the
interests of the public and the in
vestors in securities.
"I hold an abiding conviction that
all these great questions of the re
lations pf people to the corporations
win oventuauy oe woriced out by
legislation to the satisfaction of all
reasonable men. In doing so it will
doubtless be necessary for extremists'
to make sacrifices, but the course
will eventually be found safest which
amply protects the rights of the peo
ple and at the same time give to all
interests assurances of equity and
justice."
Attorney General -Ellis of Ohio
read a paper on "The Standard Oil
Trust." Concerning this paper the
Associated Press says:
He reviewed the Inception, forma
tion, growth and Consolidation of the
Standard Oil company, which was
founded in Ohio,. and outlined the
litigation which was started against
the company by the attorney general
of Ohio In 1890, and then discussed
the present phase of litigation insti
tuted by the government.
"What will be the effect on the
oil business or the investors In it if
the Standard Oil trust Is' dissolved?"
he said. "Manifestly the well's
tanks, pipe and' lined, stations and
refineries will not be destroyed. The
properties will be preserved and the
business will go on. But whether
the wrongs, complained of ia these
actions are revealed -by the voluntary
admission' of ,their perpetrators or
unified, by the use of the strongest
weapons which honest prosecutors
can command, this controversy be
tween those who would free and
those who would enslave industry
will go on and the right will ulti
mately prevail. The people of thfs
country may be trusted to foster the
.natural developments of business.
The wrongfulness of these particular
acts is not debatable and no change
in our policy as a people will ever
make right the things complained of
in the suits against the Standard Oil
trust."
from the late Justice Miller, of thn
supreme court, to show that even
in the interpretation of the constitii-
of the land, the court's successive
decisions must be tested by the wav
they work in actual application to
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Charcoal Stops Gas
On Your Stomach
nil II,
Wonderful Absorbing Power of Char-
coal When Taken in the Form of
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges
RirASSAOHtfSETTS DEMOCRATS
The- democratic state convention
for Massachusetts met at Springfield
October 5 and split into two conven1
tions. One convention nominated
General Charles W. Bartlett for goV-
2nSn,Sd the other nominated Henry
M. Whitney. The legality of the"re
spective conventions will be tested In
the courts.
MR. ROOSEVEtT ON CENTRALI
ZATION Following are extracts from Mr
R??evelfs speech. at ,St. Louis, In
Sionr idly arlvocated ctea
t m contcl,islon. I wish to say a word
to this, body, containing a It doe
so many business, men unon. what
tion, and that is the proper SttoSal
?iPT,-rVi8i0f,ltnd Contro1 2SSSS
lZ B, At Athq meetin of the Amer
ican Bar Association in this la
August, Judge Charles F. Amldon of
North Dakota, read a paper on thl
ameThatnitCOnSttUt so -apie
that it is deserving pf very wida
study; for what he said was n i?
studies of law in its highest form
ought to be, a contribution to coS
structive jurisprudence as it shoS?d
be understood not only by judges
but by legislators, not only by those
who interpret and dechhf the law
but by those who make it and-who
administer or execute it. He qtfoted
Trial Package Sont Free
Charcoal, pure, simple charcoal,
absorbs 100 times its own volume of
gas. Where does the gas go -to' it
is just absorbed by the charcoalthe
gas disappears and there is left a
pure, fresh, sweet atmosphere, free
from all impurities and germs.
That's what happens in your stom
ach when you take one or two of
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges, the most
powerful purifiers science has yet
discovered.
You belch gas in company, some
times, by accident, greatly to your
uwu mimniauon. That is because
there is a great amount of gas being
formed in your stomach by ferment
ing food. Your stomach is not digesting-
your food properly. Gas is
Inevitable. Whenever this happens,
just take one or two of Stuart's Char
coal Lozenges right after eating, and
you will be surprised how quickly
they will act. No more belchings;
no; more ,sour risings. Eat all you
want and, what .you. want, and then
if there: is.- any gas going to be
formedr oneof thes& wonderful little
absorbers, a Stuart Charcoal Loz
enge, will take care of all the gas.
And it will do more than that.
Every particle of impurity In your
stomach and intestines is going to
be carried away by the charcoal. No
one seems to know why it does this,
but It does, and does it wonderfully.
You notice the difference in. your ap
petite, general good feeling, and in
the. purity of your blood, right away.
"You'll haye no more bad taste in
your mouth or bad breath, either
from drinking, eating or smoking.
Other people will notice your bad
breath quicker than you will your
self. Make your breath pure, fresh
and sweet, so when you talk to oth
ers you Won't diacnsf tliom Tuof
one or two Stuart Charcoal Lozenges
win maKe your breath sweet, and
make you feel better all over for it.
You can eat all the onions and odor
ous foods you want, and no one can
tell the difference.
Besides, charcoal Is the best laxa
tive known. You can take a whole
boxful and no harm will result. It
Is a wonderfully easy regulator.
And then, too, it filters your blood
every particle ,ot poison or Impur
ity In your blood is destroyed, and
you begin to notice the difference in
your face first thing your clear com
plexion. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are
made from pure willow charcoal, and
just a little honey is put in to make
them palatable, but not too sweet.
They will work wonders In your
stomach, and make you feel fine and
fresh. Your blood and breath will
bo purified.
We want to prove all this to you,
so just iiend for a free sample today.
Then after you get it and use it, you
will like them so well that you will
go to your druggist and get a 25c
box of these Stuart's Charcoal Loz
enges. Send us your name and address to
day and we will at once send you
by mail a samnle naolrncA fren Ad
dress JP A; Stuart Co., 200 Stuart
mug., Aiarsnan, Mich.
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